US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 25 for "Vehicle and method of controlling the same using an image recording device and an ultrasonic sensor" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,107, issued on March 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method of controlling the same using an image recording device and an ultrasonic sensor" was invented by Minchul Kang (Uiwang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle includes an image recording device, an ultrasonic sensor, and a controller configured to operate the ultrasonic sensor in response to parking of the vehicle, operate the image recording device to a standby mode, switch the image recording device to an active mode based on a detection of an object located around the...